"philgurr" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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I only recently got one and when it was wombling around 100 yards down the
garden it didn't really matter. Now it's right up by the house
interfering with my planting it does matter.
I can get a mole trap easily but is there any way to put them off? If
not, do I dig down under the molehills to set the trap or what?
I'd prefer not to kill it if possible.

The old-fashioned way was to open up the run, put in a sprig of holly
and then close the run up again. Don't know how effective it is.

Ardmhor

That would take years, it's a very active mole and I have a 400 ft garden
which it is covering fairly well :-(